Curling-iron heater.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. ROOT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURLlNG-IRON HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,613, dated June 12, 1900.

Application filed October 26, 1899. Serial No. 734,822. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. ROOT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curling-Iron Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in curling-iron heaters; and the object of my invention is to furnish a curling-iron heater for use with a gas-flame which will protect the iron from the direct action of the flame, thereby preventing it from accumulating soot, which will heat the iron evenly, which may be moved out of contact with the flame and act to retain the heat of the iron for some minutes, and which will be more efficient and simple, cheaper, and stronger than other devices heretofore in use for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a side elevation of my curling-iron heater attached to a gas-burner; Fig. 2, a central sectional elevation through the upper part of the bracket and the tubular iron-holder; Fig. 3, an end elevation of the upper part of the device.

a is a bracket the lower part of which carries a ring or socket 1), adapted to be placed over and to be carried by the tip of a gasburner, as shown. The upper end of the bracket a is furnished with a head a, furnished with upwardly-projecting ears d and at its inner and outer ends with stops 6 f.

g is a tubular curling-iron holder, preferably constructed of copper or some other metal of good conductivity, which is secured by means of a pivot'h to the ears (I. The tubular holder 9 can be moved in a vertical plane around on pivot h, so as to rest on either the inner stop 6 or outer stop f. When resting against the former, it is in contact with the flame. When against the latter, it is out of contact with the flame.

The curling-iron is placed in-tube g, as shown in Fig. 1, and the latter being turned so as to be in contact with the flame it is heated therein Without danger of being coated with soot. The iron being sufficiently heated, the tube 9 may be moved out of contact with the flame and its heat retained practically undiminished for some time.

I am aware that tubular coverings for heating curling-irons and other instruments have been before used. Hence I do not claim such a device broadly; but

What I do claim is- 1. In a curling-iron heater, in combination, a bracket adapted to be secured to a gasburner, a head on the upper end of said bracket, ears carried by the upper sides of said head, stops carried by the inner and outer ends of said head, and a tube one end of which is pivoted to said ears and the other end of which is open and adapted to receive the curling-iron.

2. In a curling-iron heater, in combination,

a bracket furnished with a socket at its lower end adapted to be placed on a gas-burner, a head on the upper end of said bracket, ears formed by an upward continuation of the sides of said head, stops formed by the upper part of the inner and outer ends of said head, and a tubular curling-iron heater pivoted to said ears and adapted to be moved in a vertical plane from the inner to the outer side of said head or vice versa.

CHARLES ROOT. 

